Re: The Nature of PEAR's Greatness

On Tue Apr 13, 2004 at 12:0634PM -0500, Paul M Jones wrote: > >Finally there are people like you, who, while > >sometimes being real pains in the neck, keep PEAR evolving by > >unyieldingly smashing wounds. > > I like you too, Martin. :-) > > Man, I am a big PEAR fanatic, even if you don't think I sound like one. > I evangelize PEAR at every opportunity, and there are many. If you > care to, you may call me a professional malcontent, or even the > "designated ogre", when it comes to PEAR. :-) > > And this thread is certainly not about smashing wounds. I tried to use "smashing wounds" as some sort of a metaphor, but my English skills suck. > So: put you down for "installer and infrastructure", "PEAR Website > (sort-of)", and "Manual/documentation." Does that sound right? Sure. I really like it that you are taking this thing seriously. > >Politically I like the "rules" that have emerged around PEAR. The > >coding > >standards are outstanding, PEPr and the associated rule type is a > >absolutely great thing and I also fully support most of the decisions > >by > >the Group. > > What do you mean when you say "rule type"? I was referring to the collection of rules like "One has to get at least 5 +1 votes" or "A voting lasts n days.". Not sure if rule type is the right term. -- - Martin Martin Jansen http://martinjansen.com/